Caracterización del estado periodontal de los pacientes atendidos en las clínicas odontológicas del posgrado de periodoncia de la Universidad Santo Tomás de enero de 2013 a diciembre de 2015

Abstract

Introduction: According to article 12 of resolution 1536 of 2015 of the Ministry of Health and Social Protection of Colombia, the characterization is the methodology of analysis of risks, characteristics and individual and collective circumstances to define intervention priorities. According to Baleum in 2004, the periodontal disease affects between 10% and 15% of the world population, and in Colombia according to the results of ENSAB IV, 61.8% of the population shows periodontitis in different degrees of severity. Objective: To characterize the periodontal status of patients attended at the dental clinics of the Post-graduate of Periodontology of Santo Tomás University, Floridablanca, from January 2013 to December 2015. Materials and Methods: A descriptive-retrospective study. Results: The age of the patients is between 14 and 76 years. Regarding systemic diseases, 12 patients (3.2%) present diabetes, type II (2.7%). We found only 1 patient with HIV; 38 patients (10.2%) had hypertension and 9.4% took antihypertensive medication. Taking into account oral hygiene habits, most patients use a 98.8% toothbrush, with a brushing frequency of 3 times a day by 65.9. For the diagnosis of periodontal disease, 64.7% had chronic periodontitis, 43.8% of which was severe. Considering the periodontogram, the probing depth >5mm. 201 sites (53.8%) does not present this probing depth and 122 sites (32.3%) presents probing depth >5 mm between 1 and 10 sites. Conclusions: patients attended comprise ages between 14 to 76 years, most of them are female, social security contributory; the socioeconomic stratum is positioned between stratum 2 and 3, and most of the patients reside in the Floridablanca area. The frequency of patients with periodontal disease treated in the Periodontics Post-graduate is 367 (98.6%) patients. The prevalence of patients with periodontal disease treated in the Postgraduate periodontics from January 2013 to December 2015 is 98.6%. The severity of periodontal disease according the Workshop classification to the AAP in 1999 was as follows: Mild 6.1%, Moderate 14.7% and Severe to 43.8%.